ISBN of edition I read: sorry I can't remember if it was the paperback or the hardcover
This hilarious and sad young adult novel was one of the best books I read last year. It made its way around my family. I even assigned it to my adult book group. They loved it.
Food mentioned in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Peanut butter and jelly sandwich, 7, 177
Kentucky Fried Chicken, 8, 177
Fry bread, 17, 100
Hamburgers, 17, 177, 206
Hot dogs, 17, 199, 206
Salmon mush, 69
Turkey, 101
Pumpkin pie, 101-2
Cinnamon gum, 106
Soda, 119, 206
Pancakes, 123, 125
Hot chocolate, 125
Macaroni and cheese, 172, 177
Pizza, 177
Chocolate pudding, 177
Banana pie, 177
French fries, 177
Grapes, 177
Cantelope, 205-6
Chips, 206
Watermelon, 206
Chips and salsa, 217
Books and Authors mentioned in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Daredevil
X-Men
Richie Rich
Archie
Casper
A Tale of Two Cities
Emily Dickinson
Euripides, 172
The Grapes of Wrath
The Catcher in the Rye
Fat Kid Rules the World
Tangerine
Catalyst
Invisible Man
Fools Crow
Jar of Fools
Feed
Leo Tolstoy
Music mentioned in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian
Patsy Cline
Hank Williams
Jimi Hendrix
Guns 'N Roses
White Stripes
Led Zeppelin
Television mentioned in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian
The Sopranos
Setting:
Spokane, WA
Libraries mentioned in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian
pages 94, 97
Words that may have caused banning of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian
bastard, 3, 21, 26
in the balls, 11, 21
assholes, 21
nuts (testicles), 21
masturbation, 26
boner (erection), 96